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(Auction)Diverse Sale in Chicago
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
We’ll say this for the furniture, decorative arts, and silver sales at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: whatever you’re looking for in those categories, it’s bound to end up there sooner or later. For example, the January 24 and 25 sale included a set of 11 American Empire ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, February 2017
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
A Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars: Complete Source for History, Grading, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Morrison Heckscher Receives the Henry Francis du Pont Award
Morrison Heckscher, curator emeritus of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, graduate of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, and a longtime trustee of Winterthur, was celebrated at a festive dinner in the Winterthur Gallery Rotunda on December 3, 2016. The event was attended by approximately ... (Read More)
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(Show)Three-Day Show in Third Year at Wallace Hall
Wallace Hall Art, Design & Antiques Show, New York City
In its third year, the three-day Art, Design & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall, held January 20-22, continues to evolve as a destination not only for those from the Upper East Side of New York City but also for visitors who ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 25th Outsider Art Fair
New York City
Celebrating its 25th year, the Outsider Art Fair drew record crowds January 19 through 22 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, a venue that is easy to get to on West 18th Street in Manhattan. Owned and managed for the last few years by Outsider art dealer Andrew Edlin’s Wide ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Katz Collection
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
When Ralph Katz retired from his medical practice in Buffalo, New York, he and his wife, Susanne, moved to a 1950s house in New Hampshire, where they lived with their collection of American folk art until they downsized and moved to a retirement community and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The E. Newbold and Margaret du Pont Smith Collection
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
American furniture and paintings from the collection of the late E. Newbold and Margaret “Peggy” du Pont Smith, which sold at Sotheby’s on Saturday afternoon, January 21, had been assembled over two generations. Peggy Smith’s mother, Margaret W. Lewis du Pont, left some of her ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Clock Brings Nearly $1 Million
A rare 18th-century English-made pagoda-form automaton musical clock, produced for the Chinese Qing Imperial Court, sold for $998,250 (including buyer’s premium) at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s antiques and fine art auction on January 21 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
The 50" tall clock weighs 100 pounds. It is raised on a large black wooden ... (Read More)
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(Show)NYC Big Flea
New York City
Faced with having to change her show’s venue on very short notice, manager Dee Dee Sides scrambled and was able to pull off her NYC Big Flea January 19-21 in the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center on West 34th Street.
Sides received notice from her original venue, the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"C" Is for Collections
Case Antiques, Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques
Collectors know what they are looking for—a chance to acquire outstanding examples from an extraordinary collection. For those interested in southern furniture, regional paintings, and Outsider art, the Case Antiques auction on January 21 was a perfect opportunity, as almost 950 lots crossed the ... (Read More)
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